This paper examines factors influencing the number of minority students enrolling in library schools during the 10 years prior to 1978. Robbins notes that there are four categories of barriers likely obstructing recruitment of students of color into LIS programs: financial, educational, psychosocial, and cultural. [For the commentary on this article, "Diversity: Then Is Now. Commentary on Carter, J. R. (1978) Multicultural Graduate Library Education," see EJ1073549. This article was originally published in the "Journal of Education for Librarianship." This article was originally published in the "Journal of Education for Librarianship."]